O. Reg. 176/01: GENERAL

 

ONTARIO regulation 176/01

made under the

vital statistics act

Made:  May 3, 2000
Filed:  May 22, 2001
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 9, 2001

Amending Reg. 1094 of R.R.O. 1990

(General)

1. Regulation 1094 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following section:

37.1 For the purposes of subsection 21 (3.1) of the Act, a registered nurse who holds an extended certificate of registration under the Nursing Act, 1991 shall comply with that subsection if,

(a) the nurse has had primary responsibility for the care of the deceased during the last illness of the deceased;

(b) the death was expected during the last illness of the deceased;

(c) there was a documented medical diagnosis of a terminal disease for the deceased made by a legally qualified medical practitioner during the last illness of the deceased;

(d) there was a predictable pattern of decline for the deceased during the last illness of the deceased; and

(e) there were no unexpected events or unexpected complications during the last illness of the deceased.